Reliability & cost of ownership

Smeal Aerial Reliability & Common Problems

How reliable is the Smeal Aerial? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for its AI reliability outlook where NHTSA has enough data.

Smeal Aerial problems by model year

49 recall entries and 0 owner complaints on file across 25 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.

Year	Recalls	NCAP stars	Full report
2026 Aerial	1	No NCAP test	Recalls & complaints →
2024 Aerial	1	No NCAP test	Recalls & complaints →
2023 Aerial	1	No NCAP test	Recalls & complaints →
2022 Aerial	1	No NCAP test	Recalls & complaints →
2020 Aerial	2	No NCAP test	Recalls & complaints →
2019 Aerial	1	No NCAP test	Recalls & complaints →
2018 Aerial	1	No NCAP test	Recalls & complaints →
2017 Aerial	3	No NCAP test	AI reliability outlook →
2016 Aerial	3	No NCAP test	AI reliability outlook →
2015 Aerial	6	No NCAP test	AI reliability outlook →
2014 Aerial	4	No NCAP test	AI reliability outlook →
2013 Aerial	4	No NCAP test	AI reliability outlook →
2012 Aerial	3	No NCAP test	AI reliability outlook →
2011 Aerial	3	No NCAP test	AI reliability outlook →
2010 Aerial	3	No NCAP test	AI reliability outlook →
2009 Aerial	2	No NCAP test	Recalls & complaints →
2008 Aerial	2	No NCAP test	Recalls & complaints →
2007 Aerial	1	No NCAP test	Recalls & complaints →
2006 Aerial	1	No NCAP test	Recalls & complaints →
2005 Aerial	1	No NCAP test	Recalls & complaints →
2004 Aerial	1	No NCAP test	Recalls & complaints →
2003 Aerial	1	No NCAP test	Recalls & complaints →
2002 Aerial	1	No NCAP test	Recalls & complaints →
2001 Aerial	1	No NCAP test	Recalls & complaints →
2000 Aerial	1	No NCAP test	Recalls & complaints →

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